The average time to answer a 112 call is 5 seconds. An SMS service is also available for those with disabilities.

Croatian Mountain Rescue Service (HGSS)

The Croatian Mountain Rescue Service (HDSS) does sterling work around the year, particularly in summer, when may tourists leave their brains behind when on holiday. Hiking in flip-flops, floating out to sea on air mattresses, and a host of other ill-advised escapades have kept the team at HGSS very busy.

In order to highlight these issues in recent years, HGSS embarked on a hilarious social media campaign to encourage tourists to think before putting their lives in unnecessary danger. You can catch a little of the flavour of the campaign on the TCN HGSS page.

You can reach HGSS in emergency via 112, and in calmer times via the HGSS website.

Here are the contact details for the local HGSS offices, but please note these are not for contact in case of emergency in Croatia.

Croatian Fire Brigade

Croatia has had huge problems with forest fires in recent years, particularly in the summer of 2017, when must of Dalmatia was ablaze. The fires even came to the gates of Split. PLEASE be careful and thoughtful while visiting Croatia. A careless cigarette butt or barbecue out of control can have huge consequences.

Croatian firefighters do a magnificent job, and their emergency number is 193. You can learn more about the history of the Croatian Fire Service, as well as life today on this English-language website. The Croatian Firefighting Association also maintains its own website.

HAK (Croatian Automobile Club) – latest road conditions

Life on the roads is overseen by HAK, the Croatian Automobile Club. The emergency number is 1987.